Forty Ways to Know a Tree

Discover the incredible life of trees through forty eye-opening short illustrated essays that explore trees as miraculous, living, breathing protectors of our Earth. Environmental activist and author Joan Maloof's elegant writing turns science into storytelling.

Maloof offers forty distinct ways of encountering, exploring, and learning about, a tree. Through engaging, impassioned essays, paired with beautiful watercolor illustrations, she invites us to get to know a tree.

• Author: Joan Maloof
• Illustrator: Sarah Nunan
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Hardcover; 192 pages